Writing Help and Advice for All
…accepting gifts from the reviewing Gods… an Author’s perfect present…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…no self-respecting quill-scraper is embarrassed to admit the frisson of ecstasy yeez experience when an out-of-the-blue glowing review for yer WURK hits the Amazon and Goodreads pages… here’s what arrived on those review pages yesterday… LUV IT!… ..there are certain reviewers whose opinions I value so highly they are off…
Book Giveaways and the Importance of Free
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Photo: ericdoeringer.com Athens is very hot today. We have reached temperatures in the upper thirties (100 F) while the weather service is promising new highs for tomorrow – summer in the Mediterranean can do that! People are seriously considering spending the day and probably the night on the beach. I, on…
The Pros and Cons of Beta Readers
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Announcements: My short story, The Pink Scarf, was published in the second volume of an adult anthology collection, Ashtrays to Jawbreakers. It is completely free on Smashwords, so feel free to check it out by clicking here. Take Me Tomorrow was reviewed by A Literary Mind recently, and you…
Are You Taking Massive Action or Passive Action?
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
My friend and mentor, Brooke Castillo, has often spoken about taking “massive action.” Her definition of massive action is taking action until you get the results you want. Well, as a part-time writer with many projects in the works, I feel like I don’t see…
My Thoughts on Linear Vs. Non-linear Plot Structure
Originally posted on Susan Finlay Writes:
When I first began writing novels, an editor-friend told me my writing was too linear. I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I had some ideas. Now, many years later, and after writing four novels, I have a much better grip on the differences. As I understand it,…
Making you an offer you cannot refuse.
Originally posted on Jim Webster:
Well I’m now back from Loncon and I thought I’d write up my experiences. Logistics were simple. To get there I hauled myself down to the South Wales lair of Will Macmillan Jones’s. From there we drove west, spending a period in tranquil meditation in an authentic South Wales traffic…
As the Writer of the Story, Does it Honestly Grab You?
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
If it doesn’t, move on to the next one… How many stories have you written during your lifetime – tens, hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands? Over the past nineteen years I’ve written slightly over four thousand. Or to put it another way, thats over four thousand ideas for…
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